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Encouraged to
run for the Oklahoma State Senate by friends, family and mentors,
Senator Don Barrington was elected to his first term of office on
November 2, 2004 and to his second term on November 4, 2008 by the
voters of Senate District 31. He is proud to serve the citizens
of Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson and portions of Grady and Stephens
Counties.
Don Barrington was born September 7, 1947 in Pryor, Oklahoma to
Burt & Lura Barrington. He graduated from Rexford High School
in Rexford, Kansas in 1965. He enlisted in the United States Army
and served from 1966 through 1969; including an eighteen-month tour
in Viet Nam where he received an Army Commendation Medal.
Don’s professional career began as a rookie with the Lawton
Fire Department in 1969. During his 32-year tenure, he spent 26
years on shift at the fire station. He advanced through testing
to the levels of Driver, Lieutenant and Captain, and was then promoted
to Deputy Chief. He received an Associates Degree in Engineering
Technology from Oklahoma State University in Oklahoma City in 1993.
He was appointed as the Fire Chief of Lawton in 1996 and served
until his retirement in 2002.
He married Jennifer (Morgan) Barrington on February 7, 1970 in Cache,
Oklahoma. They have resided in southwest Oklahoma for the past 40
years and have two children. Their daughter, Alicia (Barrington)
Rodgers, is an educator at Fort Gibson Public Schools. She and her
husband, Gary, reside in Muskogee with their two children, Kade
and Kenady. Their son, Jaron Barrington, is a music minister at
the Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Mansfield. He and his wife, Vicki,
reside in Grand Prarie, Texas with their children Emma, Cole and
Kate.
He is a member of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association, Oklahoma
Retired Firefighters Association, Oklahoma Fire Chief’s Association,
Lawton Salvation Army Advisory Board, and serves as the Co-Chair
on the Steering Committee for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
through the Great Plains Technology Center. He is an active member
of the Lawton Chapter of Gideon’s International where he served
as their Secretary and Vice President. He also is a charter member
of the First Baptist East in Lawton where he serves as a Deacon.
Senator Barrington is in his third year of his second term. He spent
two years serving as the Co-Chair for Public Safety & Homeland
Security, and is in his third year as the Chairman of Public Safety
and Homeland Security. In 2011, he was named Vice-Chair of Appropriations
Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary. He also serves on the
Agriculture and Rural Development, Tourism and Wildlife, and Veterans
and Military Affairs Committees. Barrington continues to use his
fire service and public safety experience for critical lawmaking
decisions. He also is a key member of the Republican Rural Caucus
where significant agricultural producer’s issues are protected
by those Senators whose districts are mainly comprised of rural
communities.
In
2011, he was also appointed to serve as the Vice Chairman of the
Select Committee on Pensions to address the more than $16 billion
in unfunded liabilities of the state's pension systems. He
was also selected to be the Vice Chair of the Senate Redistricting
Committee representing Western and southern Oklahoma.
He was named the 2008 ‘Legislator of the Year’ by the
Oklahoma State Troopers Association, the 2008 ‘Senator of
the Year ‘ by the Oklahoma Veterans Council, and the 2009
‘Senator of the Year’ by OCARTA.
Committee Membership
Office Information
Capitol
Address |
District
Address |
Senator Don
Barrington
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 515
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405.521.5563
barrington@oksenate.gov
Executive Assistant: Sandra Shelton |
4506 N.E. Highlander
Cr.
Lawton, OK 73507 |
District Information: District 31
Counties Represented
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